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A common problem experienced by many owners is the rear wheel suddenly locking up - pulling the clutch in makes no difference and you skid to a halt hopefully without falling off.

The first thing to check is the speedo gearbox on the rear axle and chances are that you'll find the speedo cable wrapped around the rear axle thus causing the lock up. The reason for this is the incorrect assembly of the various washers, spacers and seals on the rear axle/gearbox assembly. If the components are not assembled in the right order, the speedo gearbox can be caught up with the rotation of the rear wheel and therefore causing the problem above.

To see how the components should be put together, read the article by clicking on the link below.

I like the article by Eamonn and the cut out by biscuit. I do realise that these are for the full width hubs, not the steel hubs for the earlier models. So, is there someone out there that has a similar "how to" guide for the earlier hubs. in particular around late 1940's and early 1950's? or is there just too many variations between those years with the complication of the mixture of Rigid and Springer rear ends? Cheers Peter